The Site is an abandoned, privately operated metal finishing business that went out of business in 1996, and has been abandoned since. The building has deteriorated in the intervening years; there is a hole in the roof which has allowed the basement to be filled with precipitation. Evidence of use as living quarters by local indigents was observed despite repeated efforts by local authorities to secure it by boarding up windows, installing locks, and adding police patrols. Residual plating shop contaminants and sludge in vats, tanks, and throughout the building present a hazard to the indigent residents.
The building is a one-story structure of approximately 18,000 square feet with a 1000 square foot basement on approximately 0.5 acres. In addition to metal plating process residues, It contains general debris, solid waste, and biological waste composed of food scraps and human waste from indigents’ use of the facility as living quarters. The basement is flooded with about six feet of water, obstructing assessment of hazardous materials that may be in it.
A removal action to remove remaining hazardous substances, contaminated vats, piping and other components and interfering solid wastes was commenced on 2/10/2010.
